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It was Pajama Day. Everyone in Nadya’s class wore their jammies except her best friend Gaby.
“It’s too embarrassing,” Gaby had said last week, but Nadya didn’t care. She figured everyone else was in their pajamas, so she wouldn’t look weird at all.
She was right. Even Mrs. Halabi was wearing pajamas. She had fancy ones, too, with pictures of sailboats all over them.
When the entire class had arrived that morning, they all sat at their table groups and compared pajamas. Nadya looked across the table at Gaby. She could tell that Gaby was feeling low.
“Are you okay?” Nadya whispered to her friend.
“I should have worn my pajamas,” Gaby whispered, looking like she was going to cry.
Nadya felt compassion for her friend; she knew how hard it was to be different. She had experienced it herself when she had moved here and had walked into this class last November. She remembered everyone looking at her. It was really hard.
Later, while the students were working quietly, Nadya slipped over to Mrs. Halabi’s desk and whispered something to her. Mrs. Halabi nodded and called Gaby up.
“Gaby,” she said, filling out a form on her desk and handing it to her, “please go to the nurse’s office.”
Gaby looked scared. “But I’m not sick,” she said.
“I know,” said Mrs. Halabi, “but I also happen to know that the school nurse has some extra clean pajamas you can wear today.”
Gaby smiled. “Oh, thank you,” she said, taking the note and bolting out of the room.
Nadya went back to her seat. It would be a good day.
How does Nadya influence the story?
She tries to convince Gaby to wear pajamas to school.
She asks all her classmates to share about their favorite pajamas.
She offers a suggestion to help Gaby feel more included.
She calls the school nurse to help Gaby herself.
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answered7 months ago